Five For Your First Five. This is how our Alumni Personal & Career Development Center team refers to the five areas you need to master in your first five years after college. These are the key skills that you need to develop to build a career and […]
While you may not have an actual managerial role at work, you are the manager of your own career! In this piece from Forbes, expert Caroline Castrillon shares tips for navigating your career like it’s a business. She suggests that building your brand, knowing […]
Whether you’re in your first job post-college or have been in the working world for a few years, figuring out how to navigate your career path is challenging. This article from Indeed offers up 11 tried and true pieces of advice that will help […]
In this Happenstance podcast, Wake Forest alumna Lauren Mahomes Cerney (’12) shares how she has capitalized on opportunities that have come her way and utilized her community to help navigate career choices. Lauren discusses failure, taking chances by saying yes to new opportunities, and […]
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University At this point you likely have heard that you need to find mentors, sponsors, and other support systems to build a successful career. In this age of
One of the best ways to achieve any goal that you might set is to utilize your strengths. The same is true in the workplace. In this article from Gallup, get tactical strategies for writing and implementing strength-based performance goals. Whether you are a […]
Do you have friends at work? For many employees, the pandemic and remote work have made relationship-building with colleagues more challenging than before. Check out this article from Forbes about how to cultivate friendships at work and the positive benefits that result from these […]
Interviews are stressful! Acing this part of the job application process requires research, rehearsing, preparation, and critical thinking. Although every interview situation is unique, there are best practices that can lead to success, which might look like simply being comfortable during the actual conversations or […]
By Paige Bosworth (’13, MBA ’17) In my role as Marketing Manager at Hanesbrands, I am often a part of interview committees seeking to hire student interns and recent grads for positions across our marketing organization. After dozens of interviews, I’ve learned how the most […]
Difficult conversations are hard. It’s hard to tell someone they’re not meeting your expectations, and, it can be hard to ask for and to listen to someone telling you how you aren’t quite measuring up. Of course, not all feedback conversations are critical. But frequently […]